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Says Memory Stick Locked, How do I get rid of and fix it?

My Canon Powershot A560 memory card is locked and it is the camera doing it not the memory stick. When I turn on my camera I get an error message"memory card error" then when i press to view pictures it says the memory card is locked. i have switched the lock switch on the card, and it doesn't do anything, i have also tried formatting my card.

1 Turn the Canon Powershot A560 over so the bottom is facing up. 2 Locate the door on the bottom of the camera. The door is labeled "CARD/BATT. OPEN." 3 Place your thumb on the sl ...
Canon PowerShot SD750 / IXUS 75 Digital Camera

My Canon Powershot A560 memory card is locked and it is the camera doing it not the memory stick.And there is nothing in the manual about how to fix it.
When I turn on my camera I get an error message"memory card error" then when i press to view pictures it says the memory card is locked and turns itself off. I have had this camera for some time and have never had issues uploading pictures onto my computer or with the memory card.I really would rather not lose the pictures that are on the camer

Hi I have a sony cyber shot camera when i tried to ON it The memory stick error appears saying " INSERT MEMERY STICK" inspite of memery stick is inserted also i get this error.And when i tried to format it by computer i get error saying " memery stick is write protected".Suggest me hw do i make it work and also how do i format the memory stick?

Hi, \015\012\015\012 The Reinsert Memory Stick error message appears when the inserted Memory Stick is corrupted or not in a correct Format. This issue can be resolved by trying the steps mentioned below:\015\012 ...
Sony Digital Cameras

When I want to delete photos from my memory card, I get a message saying "card is locked". What does this mean and how can I fix it? I recharged my battery last night.

You just need to unlock the memory card since it is write protected. Turn off your camera and take off your card. Look for that tiny lever part and adjust it up in reverse to its original position. That unlocks the card and you can now ...
Nikon D80 Digital Camera with 18-135mm Lens

Photo capacity After deleting all photos but 12 the LED screen shows "4" shots available which is the same as it was before deleting. I checked the image size and it is 1 M as it has almost always been. I went to get a new 1 gig Memory Stick and after inserting it the LED screen says that I have "55" shots available. How can I fix this?

Are you using a TRUE Sony Memory Stick? Or another Brand, some non-standard flash memory doesn't "erase" files correctly when told to do so, it may simply just remove the files name, or it's suffix, meaning that the stick essentially still holds all ...
Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F828 Digital Camera

My memory stick keeps saying "error formatting memory stick", and when i try to upload the picture i have it says that i have to wipe my memory before i can format it. how can i get those pictures off of the card before i format the stick and not lose the pictures?

I don't know if this will work or not, but have you tried using a photo recovery program like Recuva?http://www.piriform.com/recuva ...
Digital Cameras

I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-S70. I bought the following memory stick, Memory Stick (with MagicGate) MSH-128 and I keep getting this error message, "Memory Stick Error C:13:01." Is there any way to fix this? Thank you.

Hi,\015\012\015\012\015\012When the Display Code C:13:01 appears, it means that the current condition of the camera is not accurate and can be corrected by the user. It is mostly caused by inserting an unformatted Memory stick into ...
Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-S70 Digital Camera

My memory stick on my Sony camera says format error, how do I fix that and have I lost my pictures on that memory stick

Locked Card Does anyone know how to unlock a memory card on the Optio W20? I follow the instructions (press 4-way controller down in play mode, select protect, hit ok) but then I don't get the same screen as what the instructions say will appear. I'm supposed to see a screen than gives me the option of protecting one image or all images, then there should be one that says protect or unprotect. Whenever I try to do this, I can only select protect, but my camera then says the card is locked - it

My camera dsc-w80 says to reinsert the memory stick, its is in right and i tryed to few the pictures on the memory stick on my card reader and there is no proplem how to i get the camera to read the memory??

Yes i believe that the memory stick is the only problem. i also have the same problem and i tried to put in with another memory stick and the camera works just fine. the battery does not haf any affect either on the memory stick...sigh i need my pict ...
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W80 Digital Camera

Got a new memory card, camera says it needs to be formatted but won't do it. When card is removed the camera still says it needs to be formatted then says card is "locked". Can't take any pictures. Before this kept getting no memory messages even after deleting pictures

Locked Card Does anyone know how to unlock a memory card on the Optio W20? I follow the instructions (press 4-way controller down in play mode, select protect, hit ok) but then I don't get the same screen as what the instructions say will appear. I'm supposed to see a screen than gives me the option of protecting one image or all images, then there should be one that says protect or unprotect. Whenever I try to do this, I can only select protect, but my camera then says the card is locked - it

I cannot get the pictures off of the memory card on my camera to my computer using the connection cable. I tried accessing the picture directly fromthe memory stick and that did not work either. I have not had any problems before. When I turn the camera on it says "access" accross the screen. How do I get to my pictures to get them on my PC with the above described perdicament.

Memory stick it says that the memory stick has been locked

Easy.Remove the memory stick from your camera and examine closely. There is a tiny switch on one edge, see picture, switch is ringed.. Push the switch into the UP position. This will unlock the card. ...
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2 Digital Camera

Canon ixy 700 works fine with SD memory card 512KB.
Purchased a new 16GB card but when I get a "Memory Card Error". I figure it's a firmware issue that isn't handling cards of this size.
I have been on the website http://web.canon.jp/imaging/ixus700/frm-e.html#serial but it says my canon is currently running at the latest firmware (not sure what that is or how to find out).
Happy to pay for a fix but I don't want to pay much for an answer which says 'you're stuffed, this can't be

HelloOK unfortunately your camera only supports a memory card up to 2GB. Fortunately there is a firmware update which might resolve the problem, however, this is not legit firmware supplied by Canon, hence, the full effect of the upgrade ...
Canon PowerShot SD500 / IXUS 700 Digital Camera

My sandisk sd card isn't working in my camera. My camera is a vivitar 5024 camera, everytime I try to take a picture it says memory card is not ready, it says switch to internel ram. This memory card is brand new so what is the problem? No it is not locked i've tried that already, i've tried to figure out what's wrong for a long time now. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Additional information: The sd card is only 2GB.

Have you tried to format the card.\015\012\015\0121. \015\012Start up a computer with Windows XP, Vista, windows 7or Insert the SD card into an external memory card reader or into the computer's built in card reader. If i ...
Vivitar ViviCam 5024 Digital Camera

Purchased 8 gb microSDHC Card with adapter for my cannon SD500 & WHILE TRYING TO FORMAT memory card GET AN ERROR saying card locked. I've moved the slide tab to the UP position but continue to get card locked message - help.

The SD500 uses SD cards (and by extension, microSD cards). SDHC and microSDHC cards are electronically incompatible. While SDHC cards and microSDHC adapters will fit into the slot, they will not work in SD devices. This is a hardware issue and cannot ...
Digital Cameras

I have a Nikon coolpix. The memory card is PNY optima SD 2GB. I get a message saying Memory card is write protected. I have no idea how this happened or how to get rid of it.

SD cards have a sliding switch along one edge. Slide it toward the contacts to enable write, away from the contacts to protect.If this doesn't do it, then there may be something wrong with the switch mechanism in the camera.Al ...
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8 Digital Camera

I have a cyber shot DSC-S80 which has been working fine for ages. However I deleted some photos from the memory stick whilst it was in my computer and now I get the 'memory stick error' message flashing everytime I turn the camera on with it in. It works fine in the computer still. Is there a way round this problem?
Tried checking for errors with the windows system of my laptop and says there are not any.

Try to format memory stick with the camera's facilities. Maybe the camera doesn't recognize the stick.\012\012\012You can try another memory stick to know exactly what it happened. ...
Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-S80 Digital Camera

I keep getting a message memory card locked on my. It says memory

My Kodak EasyShare C142 keeps telling me that it cannot read the 2G memory card. I have had the same memory card since I bought the camera new 2 months ago I just took pics with it 2 days ago and when I powered it up today it is giving me an error saying that the memory card in "unreadable". I tried another card and the same thing. I checked the cards by putting them in a memory stick and both cards work fine.
Can you please let me know if there is anything I can do to fix it?
Thanks!
Brad

I can see the images on the camers but unable to download from the memory stick. when i connect to the computer i get message saying format disc. what to do

The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster t ...
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W120 Digital Camera

SONY DSC-P9 GOT NEW MEMORY STICK AM NOW GETTING ERROR C:13:01 WHAT IS WRONG AND HOE DO I FIX NEW MEMORY CARD IS SANDIK MEMORY STIK PRO. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

Older cameras didn't support pro cards-if door where card goes in says memory stick anly and not pro you need to find PURPLE card that maxs out at 128mb and that's the only card you can use-hard to find-maybe staples or office depot sometimes or onli ...
Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-P9 Digital Camera

When I plug in my Sony DSC-W180 into my USB so I can move my pictures off my memory card I only get a message that says: USB Mode Mass Storage "Memory Stick" when I remove the memory card and put it back in, it flashes red.....what can I do???